TBL 2010/11 Transactions and Rumors

[Levenspiel]

Last year was not really bright, neither for the league nor for our section here at IBN. So, let's start a new clean page! (I don't know why I'm so optimistic all of a sudden)

The transactions announced so far:

- additions
- extensions

Aliaga Petkim (Izmir)
- Erdem Turetken (1.98, SF, 1979, ex-Kepez)
- Levent Bilgin (2.06, C, 1981, ex-Kepez)
- Baris Guney (1.95, PG/SG, 1983, ex-Kepez)
- Polat Kaya (1.97, SF, 1986, ex-Dacka)
- Onder Kulcebas (2.05, PF, 1981, ex-Antalya)
- Dalron Johnson (2.06, PF, 1981, ex-Dacka)
- Alex Gordon (1.80, PG, 1985, ex-Erdemir)
- Kevin Braswell (1.88, 1979, ex-Limoges)

Antalya BSB (Antalya)
- Ahmet Kandemir (coach)
- Hadi Dogan (2.00, SF, 1986, ex-TED)
- Muratcan Guler (1.88, SG, 1980, ex-BJK)
- Emre Bayav (2.12, C, 1987, ex-Aliaga)
- Wayne Chism (2.06, PF, 1987, ex-NCAA)
- Gokper Gen (1.84, PG, 1989, ex-Kepez)
- Erdinc Balto (2.06, PF, 1990, ex-TT)
- Sahin Ekmen (2.00, 1989, ex-Bornova)
- Baris Hersek (2.07, PF, 1988, ex-Banvit)
- Patrick Christopher
- Devan Downey(PG, ex-NCAA)

Banvit Bandirma (Balikesir)
- Baris Ermis (1.94, PG, 1985)
- Baris Ozcan (1.92, SG, 1980)
- Lance Williams (2.05, C, 1980)
- Charles Davis (2.04, PF, 1984)
- Keith Simmons (1.95, SG, 1985)
- Bora Hun Pacun (2.10, PF, 1987, ex-Dacka)
- Mutlu Akpinar (2.02, SF, 1982, ex-TT)
- Antonio Graves (1.90, SG, 1985, ex-Hapoel Holon)

Besiktas Cola Turka (Istanbul)
- Fedor Likholitov (2.11, C, 1980)
- Serhat Cetin (1.97, SG, 1986, ex-Fener)
- Bekir Yarangume (2.00, SF, 1977, ex-TT)
- Cuneyt Erden (1.85, PG, 1977, ex-Bornova)
- Mustafa Abi (1.98, SF, 1979, ex-ITU)

Bornova Bld (Izmir)
- Umit Sonkol (2.03, PF, 1982, ex-TT)
- Michael Roll (1.96, 1987, ex-NCAA)
- Soner Senturk (1.94, PG, 1986, ex-TT)

Efes Pilsen (Istanbul)
- Velimir Perasovic (coach, ex-Cibona)
- Andrew Wisniewski (1.91, PG, 1981, ex-MTA)
- Cenk Akyol (2.00, SF, 1987, ex-Avellino)
- Erwin Dudley (2.03, PF, 1981, ex-TT)
- Miroslav Raduljica (2.13, C, 1988, ex-FMP)

Erdemir Eregli (Zonguldak)
- Altan Erol (1.95, SG, 1983, ex-Mersin)
- Eren Beyaz (2.08, C, 1985, ex-Galatasaray)
- Hakan Demirel (1.90, PG, 1986, ex-Dacka)
- Oktay Yilmaz (2.05, PF, 1983, ex-Antalya)
- James Thomas (2.03, PF/C, 1980, ex-Teramo)
- Arin Sogancioglu (1.90, SG, 1987, ex-BJK)

Fenerbahce Ulker (Istanbul)
- Neven Spahija (coach, ex-Valencia)
- Engin Atsur (1.92, PG, 1984, ex-BJK)
- Roko Ukic (1.96, PG, 1984)
- Darjus Lavrinovic (2.12, PF, 1979, ex-RMB)
- Kaya Peker (2.08, PF, 1980, ex-Efes)
- Marko Tomas (2.01, SF, 1985, ex-Cibona)

Galatasaray Cafe Crown (Istanbul)
- Oktay Mahmuti (coach, ex-Treviso)
- Ermal Kuqo (2.06, PF/C, 1980, ex-Efes)
- Tutku Acik (1.94, PG, 1980, ex-TT)
- Caner Topaloglu (1.98, SF, 1985)
- Radoslav Rancik (2.06, PF, 1979)
- Haluk Yildirim (2.00, SF, 1972, ex-BJK)
- Josh Shipp (1.96, SF, 1986, ex-Bornova)
- Melih Mahmutoglu (1.91, SG, 1990, ex-Dacka)
- Sertac Sanli (2.14, C, 1991, ex-Genc TT)
- Taylor Rochestie (1.85, 1985, ex-Gottingen)

Mersin BSB (Mersin)
- Mete Babaoglu (coach)
- Asim Pars (2.10, C, 1976)
- Valentin Pastal (2.04, SF, 1984, ex-KSK)
- Hazer Avci (2.06, PF, 1987, ex-Aliaga)
- Vincent Greer (1.96, SG/SF, 1983)

Olin Genclik (Edirne)
- Can Akin (1.90, PG, 1983, ex-Galatasaray)
- Seth Deliboa (2.03, 1980, ex-Opel Skyliners)
- Vidas Ginevicius (1.93, PG, 1978, Ex-L. Rytas)

Oyak Renault (Bursa)
- Umit Yenice (2.08, PF, 1979, ex-Antalya)
- Kerem Ozkan (2.04, C, 1988, ex-BJK)
- Jonathan Gibson (1.88, PG, 1987, ex-NCAA)

Pinar Karsiyaka (Izmir)
- Ahmet Erdogan (1.87, PG, 1986, ex-Oyak)
- Jovo Stanojevic (2.07, C, 1977, ex-Kepez)
- Birkan Batuk (1.96, SF, 1990)
- Serkan Mentese (1991)
- Alper Saruhan (2.00, SF, 1982)
- Furkan Aldemir (PF, 1991)
- Andre Smith (2.03, PF, 1985)
- David Holston (1.73, PG, 1986)
- Osiris Eldridge (1.90, SG, 1988, ex-NCAA)
- Ulug Kacaniku (2.01, SF, 1985, ex-Dacka)


Tofas (Bursa)
- Can Altintig (1.93, SG, 1987)
- Firat Toz (1.88, PG, 1991)
- Ilkan Karaman (2.05, SF, 1990)
- Inanc Koc (2.01, SF, 1979, ex-Mersin)
- Onur Aydin (2.03, PF/C, 1979, ex-Mersin)
- Selim Saygin (2.08, 1985, ex-Almaty)
- Can Ozcan (2.02, SF/PF, 1989, ex-Dacka)
- Tomislav Ruzic (2.08, C, 1979, ex-Zadar)
- Austin Nichols (1.98, SF, 1982, ex-Entente Orleans)

Trabzon Medical Park (Trabzon)
- Mutlu Demir (2.08, C, 1987, ex-Oyak)
- Evren Buker (1.94, SG, 1985, ex-Galatasaray)
- Ersin Gorkem (1.93, SG, 1977, ex-Kepez)
- Vuk Radivojevic (1.95, SG, 1983, ex-Red Star)
- Michael Wright (2.05, PF/C, 1980, ex-TT)
- Derrick Obasohan (1.99, SF, 1981, ex-Toulon)
- Harold Jamison (2.06, PF, 1976)

Turk Telekom (Ankara)
- Faruk Akagun (coach)
- Yunus Cankaya (1.88, SG, 1985, ex-Banvit)
- Ceyhun Altay (1.93, SF, 1986, ex-Aliaga)
- Umit Turkoglu (2.10, C, 1981, ex-Erdemir)
- Orhan Haciyeva (SF, 1989, ex-Dacka)
- Adem Oren (2.07, PF/C, 1979, ex-BJK)
- Berent Kavaklioglu (PG, ex-Hacettepe)
- Diamon Simpson
- Heiko Schaffartzik (1.83, PG, 1984, ex-Brunschweig)
- Larry Owens (2.01, 1983, ex-NBDL)
- Marquis Gilstrap (2.01, 1987, ex-NCAA)
- Mehmet Yagmur (1.91, PG, 1985, ex-Tofas)
- Rasim Basak (2.02, SF/PF, 1980, ex-Fener)
- Ray Wesson (2.01, PF, 1977, ex-KSK)

[kyosphere]

(I don't know why I'm so optimistic all of a sudden)

Because no more Tanjevic, no more Ataman. Also, Galatasaray is making right moves and Banvit has a solid team.

[Levenspiel]

Because no more Tanjevic, no more Ataman. Also, Galatasaray is making right moves and Banvit has a solid team.

Yeah, that must be it . I'm surprised Galatasaray let Evren Buker go though.

[Guard]

Last year was not really bright, neither for the league nor for our section here at IBN. So, let's start a new clean page! (I don't know why I'm so optimistic all of a sudden)

The transactions announced so far:

Trabzon
- Mutlu Demir (2.08, C, 1987, ex-Oyak) is added
- Evren Buker (1.94, SG, 1985, ex-Galatasaray) is added
- Ersin Gorkem (1.93, SG, 1977, ex-Kepez) is added
- Michael Wright (2.05, PF/C, 1980, ex-TT) is added

Didnt they also sign Obasohan?
And how are they financially able to sign these kind of players?

[kyosphere]

Didnt they also sign Obasohan?
And how are they financially able to sign these kind of players?

It's around 3.5-4 million dollars. That's what their general manager said. They have a sponsor "Medical Park" to provide this budget. And yes, they signed him.

Yeah, that must be it . I'm surprised Galatasaray let Evren Buker go though.

I'm suprised as well. They announced that they would raise the budget, they brought Mahmudi and Kuqo but let their best turkish player go away. Weird indeed. Let's see how that will turn out for them.

[boyd20]

Trabzon's moves are very intriguing in terms of talent, but don't you think they're adding too many scorers? I do like a lot Michael Wright (frequently injury-plagued but has remarkable offensive talent, really) and I also like Buker and Demir's signings, but still I am doubtful about team chemistry: Wright, Buker, Obasohan, Gorkem, Harold Jamison - who's an undersized C that needs to get constantly involved offensively in order to be effective - and Mutlu Demir, who has some nice low post moves indeed...Very skilled team on the offensive end but perhaps there are too many options too...

[Levenspiel]

Didnt they also sign Obasohan?
And how are they financially able to sign these kind of players?

I probably missed a few more. I'll update the first post as new transactions are posted here or announced somewhere else.

[Levenspiel]

- Banvit made their fist addition with Bora Hun Pacun.
- Umit Yenice signed with Oyak Renault.
- Tofas extended the contracts of Can Altintig, Firat Toz and Ilkan Karaman. They also added Inanc Koc and Onur Aydin from Mersin. Three youngsters from the youth team, A. Furkan Eskici (1991), Dogancan Tokmak (1992) and Ugur Dokuyan (1993), were included to the senior team.
- Trabzon declared that they agreed with Vuk Radivoevic for the pg position, but not signed yet.

Source: Turkbasket.com

[Gonzaka]

Taylor Rochestie goes to GS. Great addition.

[basketinside.com]

Tomas al Fenerbache

[Gonzaka]

Tomas al Fenerbache

And Peker too!

[A.I]

Josh Ship goes to GS Cafe Crown.

Link

[rikhardur]

Newly promoted Edirne Olin Gençlik signed Bulgarian guard Filip Videnov.

[rikhardur]

Antalya signed centre Emre Bayav and forward Can Özcan.

[dixon]

Aliağa Petkim

New Players in team: Erdem Türetken (Kepez Bld), Levent Bilgin (Kepez Bld), Barış Güney (Kepez Bld), Polat Kaya (Darüşşafaka), Önder Külçebaş (Antalya BŞB), Darlon Lamar Johnson (Maccabi), Kevin Braswell (Limoges)

The players leave the team: Berkay Sahillioğlu, Hazer Avcı, Ceyhun Altay, Quinton Hosley, Reha Öz, Jack McClinton, Vladan Vukosavljevic, Lorenzo Gordon, Emre Bayav

Antalya BŞB

New Players in team: Ahmet Kandemir (Coach), Muratcan Güler (Beşiktaş Cola Turka), Gökper Gen ( Pinar Karsiyaka ), Muzaffer Ekmen, Hadi Doğan (TED Kolejliler), Emre Bayav (Aliağa Petkim), Erdinç Balto ( Genç Telekom )

The players leave the team: Altar Tunçkol (Coach), Umut Yenice, Önder Külçebaş, Oktay Yılmaz, Aaron Jackson, Brian Greene, Dj Thompson, Patrick Femerling

Banvit

New Players in team: Bora Hun Paçun (Darüşşafaka), Mutlu Akpınar (Türk Telekom), Antonio Graves (Hapoel Holon)

The players leave the team: Goran Cakic, Barış Hersek, Yunus Çankaya, Ufuk Gürgen

Beşiktaş Cola Turka


New Players in team: Cüneyt Erden (Bornova Bld), Serhat Çetin (F.Bahçe Ülker), Bekir Yarangüme (Türk Telekom), Mustafa Abi (İTÜ), A.J. Ogilvy (Vanderbilt)

The players leave the team: Brad Newley, Engin Atsür, Haluk Yıldırım, Muratcan Güler, Adem Ören, Kerem Özkan, Kevin Fletcher

Bornova Belediyesi


New Players in team: Ümit Sonkol (Türk Telekom), Soner Şentürk (Bornova Bld), Şerafettin Birgen (FMV Işıkspor), Pertev Öngüner (Türk Telekom), Michael Roll (UCLA), Pertev Öngüner ( Genç Telekom )

The players leave the team: Josh Shipp, Yalçın Azizmahmutoğulları, Cüneyt Erden, Kedrick Brown, Umut Durmuş

Efes Pilsen

New Players in team: Velimir Perasovic (Coach), Erwin Dudley (Türk Telekom), Cenk Akyol (Air Avellino), Andrew Wisniewski (Maccabi Electra), Miroslav Raduljica ( FMP Zeleznik )

The players leave the team: Ergin Ataman(Coach), Ermal Kuqo, Kaya Peker, Charles Smith, Mario Kasun, Preston Shumpert

Erdemir

New Players in team: Altan Erol (Mersin BŞB), Oktay Yılmaz (Antalya BŞB), Hakan Demirel (Darüşşafaka), Eren Beyaz (G.Saray Cafe Crown), Arin Sogancioglu ( Besiktas ), Barbour (Bruesa)


The players leave the team: Leon Williams, Alex Gordon, Hakan Köseoğlu, Mohammed Kone, Ümit Türkoğlu, Nate Funk, Erdal Bibo

F.Bahçe Ülker

New Players in team: Neven Spahija (Coach), Engin Atsür (Beşiktaş Cola Turka), Marko Tomas (Cibona Zagreb), Kaya Peker (Efes Pilsen), Darius Lavrinovic (Real Madrid)

The players leave the team: Bogdan Tanjevic(Coach), Rasim Başak, Serhat Çetin, Ömer Aşık, Semih Erden

G.Saray Cafe Crown

New Players in team:Oktay Mahmuti (Coach), Ermal Kuqo (Efes Pilsen), Tutku Açık (Türk Telekom), Melih Mahmutoğlu (Darüşşafaka), Taylor Rochestie (Göttingen), Haluk Yıldırım (Beşiktaş Cola Turka), Josh Shipp (Bornova Bld)

The players leave the team: Simas Jasaitis, Evren Büker, Can Akın, Polat Kocaoğlu, Darius Washington, Mike Wilkinson, Tufan Ersöz, Eren Beyaz

Medical Park Trabzonspor

New Players in team: Evren Büker (G.Saray Cafe Crown), Ersin Görkem (Kepez Bld), Derrick Obasohan (Toulon), Michael Wright (Turow), Mutlu Demir (Oyak Renault), Vuk Radivojevic (Kızılyıldız)

The players leave the team: Eddy Fobbs, Ramazan Öksüz, Umut Tınay, Kerem Öztoprak, Orçun Tunca, Melih Kabakçı

Mersin BŞB

New Players in team:Valentin Pastal (Pınar Karşıyaka), Hazer Avcı (Aliağa Petkim)

Altan Erol, İnanç Koç, Onur Aydın, Goran Nikolic, Burak Yönder

Olin Gençlik

New Players in team: Alican Guney, Can Akın and Tufan Ersoz (G.Saray Cafe Crown), Seth Doliboa (D.Bank Skyliners), Filip Videnov (FMP Zeleznik), Vidas Ginevicius ( Rytas )

The players leave the team:Derya Yannier

Oyak Renault

New Players in team: Umut Yenice (Antalya BŞB), Kerem Özkan (Beşiktaş Cola Turka), Alper Özcan (Darüşşafaka), Semih Yalçınkaya (Yeşimspor), Oğuzhan Şan (Yeşimspor)

The players leave the team:Mutlu Demir, Josh Heytvelt, Olumuyiwa Famutimi, Alex Scales, Ahmet Erdoğan

Pınar Karşıyaka

New Players in team: Ahmet Erdoğan (Oyak Renault), Jovo Stanojevic (Kepez Bld), Osiris Eldridge (İllinois State)


The players leave the team: Valentin Pastal, K'Zell Wesson, Ryan Toolson

Tofaş

New Players in team: İnanç Koç (Mersin BŞB), Onur Aydın (Mersin BŞB), Selim Saygın (Almaty), Jason Rowe, Tomislav Ruzic (Zadar), Austin Nichols ( Orleans ), Can Ozcan (Darussafaka)

The players leave the team: Sean Denison, Marko Kolaric, Lamar Butler, Brandon Bowman, Nezih Özbakır, Mehmet Yağmur

Türk Telekom

New Players in team: Faruk Akagün (Coach), Ümit Türkoğlu (Erdemir), Yunus Çankaya (Banvit), Ceyhun Altay (Aliağa Petkim), Orhan Hacıyeva (Darüşşafaka CT), Adem Ören (Beşiktaş Cola Turka), Can Uğur Öğüt (Genç Telekom), Rasim Başak (F.Bahçe Ülker), Berent Kavaklıoğlu (Hacettepe), Mehmet Yağmur (Tofaş), Heiko Schaffartzik (Braunschweig), Larry Owens (Tulsa 66'ers), Marquis Gilstrap (NCAA Iowa State), Diamon Simpson (L.A. D-Fenders), Wesson (Karsiyaka)


The players leave the team: Ricky Davis, Tutku Açık, Hüseyin Beşok, Bekir Yarangüme, Erwin Dudley, Kris Lang, Lamayn Wilson, Demond Mallet, Ümit Sonkol, Soner Şentürk, Goran Jeretin, Mutlu Akpınar, Pertev Öngüner